præ-emption

A form of pre-emption

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Meanings

nounpræ-emption (countable and uncountable, plural præ-emptions)

plural præ-emptions

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of pre-emption.

    By the Benefit of which Præ-emption alone, (nevertheleſs ’tis hoped) that about Twenty thouſand pound Sterling per Year or more, may be eaſily raiſed as a Fund or Stock […]

    1703, Joseph Gander, The Glory of Her Sacred Majesty Queen Anne, page 104
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